INDEX TO YEARBOOKS, 1901-1905. 17 



Beets sugar, extension of growing in United States, remarks, 1902, 595. 



increase of sugar contents as results of breeding, note, 1901, 217. 

 influence of environment in irrigated areas, 1901, 317. 

 location of land; effect on soil; thinning, 1903, 402, 404, 406. 

 methods of growing, remarks, 1901, 494. 

 price per ton at factory and net profit, 1901, 495, 496. 

 problems for farmer in growing, remarks, 1901, 489. 

 profits of production for factory use, 1901, 495. 



relation to general farming, article by 0. 0. Townsend, 1903, 399-410. 

 soils, remarks, 1905, 66. 



study by Department and experiment stations in cooperation, 1905, 173. 

 suggestions for American breeding, 1901, 222. 

 transportation to factory, remarks, 1903, 403. 

 use of by-products, remarks, 1903, 409. 

 value of pulp for feed, remarks, 1901, 497. 

 yield under urigation in Colorado, notes, 1901, 425, 426. 

 Utah, 1901, 429. 

 Beggarweed, seed growing and handling, 1901, 242. 

 Belfast, mixing of cotton with linen yarns in manufacture, 1901, 195. 

 Belgium, imports of American linseed oil cake, 1902, 432. 



oleaginous seeds and nuts, imports and exports, 1903, 425. 

 Bell, C. J., remarks on tuberculin test for tuberculosis, 1901, 589. 

 Belladonna, cultivation and gathering, 1903, 345. 



use and cultivation, 1905, 538-539. 

 Belle peach, origin and description, 1902, 475-476. 

 Benedict, F. G., and W. O. Atwatbr, article on " The respiration calorimeter," 1904, 



205-220. 

 Bennett, Prof. R. L., work against cotton boll weevil, 1904, 498. 

 Bentley, H. L., experiments in regrassing over stocked ranges, 1901, 30. 

 Berlese, Prof. Antonio, aid in moth parasite importation, 1905; 133, 134. 



assistance to Division of Entomology, note, 1901, 98. 

 Bermuda grass, securing a stand for seeds, remarks, 1901, 27. 

 use for lawn making in the South, 1902, 506. 

 in soil binding on roads, 1904, 337. 

 lily disease, remarks, 1901, 173. 

 Berries, diseases, 1901, 670; 1902, 716; 1903, 551; 1904, 583, 584; 1905, 605-606. 

 in food of bobwhite, remarks, 1903, 199. 

 pruning and management, notes, 1901, 438. 



wild, abundance in Eastern States and availability as bird food, 1904, 244. 

 Berry, James, review of weather and crop conditions, 1901, 641, 665; 1902, 693-713; 



1903, 526-549; 1904, 556-580; 1905, 580-602. 

 Berseem clover as soil renewer, introduction, 1902, 33. 

 resistance to alkali, 1902, 586. 



use in reclamation of alkali lands in Egypt, 1902, 585. 

 Beverages, condiments, etc., value and use as food, 1902, 404. 

 meaning of word under food law, 1904, 153. 

 work of food inspection, 1904, 158-159. 

 BicKNELL, Frank W., article on "Agricultural development in Argentina,"- 1904, 



271-286. 

 Big Thompson Valley in Colorado, reservoir systems, 1901, 416. 



typical (irrigation) reservoir, 1901, 422. 

 BiGELOw, W. D., review of food legislation and inspection, 1904, 593-597; 1905, 



645-648. 

 Bill bugs, suggestions for suppression, 1905, 469. 

 Binding quality of road material, study, 1904, 332. 



Biological Survey, Bureau, organization and duties, 1904, 565; 1905, 565. 

 work, revised by Secretary, 1904, 86-90; 1905, 83-89. 

 Division, organization and duties, 1901, 613; 1902, 663; 1903, 511. 

 publications, 1903, 83. 



work, 1901, 13, 108-111; 1902, 90-92; 1903, 79-84. 

 investigation of fruit eating by birds in California, 1904, 243. 

 need of more liberal appropriations, 1901, 111. 

 recommendations of Secretary, 1904, 90. 

 Birch bark-beetle, remarks, 1903, 320. 



destruction by bark-boring grubs, 1903, 320-322. 



red, heartwood of yellow birch, sizo of tree for production, 1904, 455. 



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